Another email champ is being crowned!

[El_Mero]

Word on the street regarding Gervonta Davis is the wba is giving (emailing him) their 135lb championship belt due to Haneys relinquishing of all the belts.

I swear, these belt orgs are wack af. Why not order the top 2 to fight for the vacant belt?

[MasterPlan]

Is Davis the Interim champ?

[Bullrider]

Luis Decubas' sleight of hand can do magic when it comes to securing WBA titles for PBC guys.

[joseph5620]

If true that BS. There are so many top fighters at 135 that Davis hasn't faced or even tried to.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Is Davis the Interim champ?

He holds the WBA (regular) secondary belt. For most of its existence, it didn't come with a mandatory shot or the same requirements to defend it as the real belt, which is doubtless why he's collected so many of those worthless secondary belts.

[MONGOOSE66]

Word on the street regarding Gervonta Davis is the wba is giving (emailing him) their 135lb championship belt due to Haneys relinquishing of all the belts.

I swear, these belt orgs are wack af. Why not order the top 2 to fight for the vacant belt?

Cause they’re going to ride the BIG money till the next BIG money comes. No money in RISKING your golden goose. I wish it was your way though.

[IronDanHamza]

Anyone who get's "elevated" to champion is not a real champion.

No matter what the circumstance.

Until you actually win the belt, you're not a champion.

[Mammoth]

We should actually blame the sanctioning bodies for this instead of the fighters. I'd be vocal about that but I like calling Janibek Alimkhanuly an email champion too much.

[ELPacman]

Economy man, it's affecting all aspects in life. These organizations need to collect on sanctioning fees asap. They rather get someone paying them immediately than wait to make a fight. Their excuse is, well, now that guy they just elevated can immediately command larger pay checks, so they somewhat feed each other.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Anyone who get's "elevated" to champion is not a real champion.

No matter what the circumstance.

Until you actually win the belt, you're not a champion.

Agreed with this one. If the champ vacates rather than fight, I tend to think it's more legit, but I tend not to think of them as a champ until they've defended the belt in that circumstance. Gotta earn it in the ring against reasonable competition. I didn't rate Haney as champ until he beat Kambosos. Makes a big difference if the real champ is still in the division too though.